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File 756/1917 Pt 2-3 ‘ARAB BULLETIN Nos 66-114’ [‎302v] (613/834)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (411 folios). It was created in 1917-1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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them by the Turks on the Imam’s behalf, gradually dwindled
and finally ceased ; in this war they fought as mercenaries for
the Idrisi, who had long played for their support ; but they
proved a failure and their relations with him became gradually
less cordial. In November last they wrote to Aden in an
attempt to gain independence by discrediting the Imam. They
received little encouragement, so are apparently turning to King
Husein in the last resort. Events have proved conclusively that
their 12,000 fighting men are, for what they are worth, at the
disposal of the highest bidder.
Lastly, at the end of November, a deputation of three
Yemeni Sherifs from Jauf—some eighty miles north-east of
Sanaa—arrived in Mecca representing, they stated, seventy
notables of the locality, to ask for King Husein’s assistance.
The cause of their appeal is uncertain, but an agent states that
the Imam tried to tax any of them who enlisted in the Idrisi’s
forces ; and that, as they refused to pay, they had to flee to
escape punishment.
Idrisi.
The Idrisi, on the other hand, seems to have been active in
his propaganda. Though he has ended on the winning side, his
prestige, as he must be well aware, has not been enhanced by the
war, and as regards material power he has suffered by comparison
with King Husein. At the same time, being unusually well-
informed, he probably realizes that at the Peace Congress his
claim to rule a tribe will rest rather on its good will than on any
show of force, and that by successful propaganda in the interim
he may be able to make up a lot of lost ground. It seems fairly
certain, despite Seyyid Mustapha’s partial denial, that Idrisian
agents have been busy amongst the Zahran and Grhamid who
inhabit the territory lying some seventy miles north-east of
Kunfida. In a message summoning their sheikhs to come to
him, he states that he has made peace with the Sultan of
Turkey. Colonel Wilson construes this as a clever move to
impress the tribesmen by making them think that he was
actually one of the signatories to the Armistice. King Husein
is much incensed at the incident, for the Zahran and Ghamid
border Hejaz on the south. Their definite secession to the
Idrisi would produce a w T edge between him and the friendly
tribes of Ebha and Muhail. They have, however, been in
sympathy with the Idrisi for many years, and the former fought
with him in his revolt of 1912. In 1915, too, sheikhs of both
wrote offering him assistance, but he advised them to remain
quiet. He has been in correspondence with them ever since.
In addition to the above, he is reported to have written to
tribal ^ sheikhs in the neighbourhood of Ebha and Muhail, e.g.
Said ibn Faiz, a venture which, in view of their pro-Meccan
tendencies described above, does not promise much success.

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Content

The volume consists of individual copies of the Arab Bulletin produced by the Arab Bureau at the Savoy Hotel, Cairo numbers 66-114. These publications contain wartime, and post-war intelligence obtained by British sources. They deal with economic, military, and political matters in Turkey, the Middle East, Arabia, and elsewhere, which – in the opinion of British officials – affect the ‘Arab movement’; the bulletins cover a wide range of topics and key personalities.

The volume contains the following maps:

  • A map of Central Arabia showing St John Philby's route from Uqair to Jidda 17 November to 31 December 1917: folio 103.
  • Sketch map prepared from RNAS photographs and reconnaissance by HMS City of Oxford of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mur February to March 1918 : folio 170.
  • Sketch map of Hejaz (1919): folio 317.
  • Tribal sketch map of the Hadhramaut ‘showing only tribes of fighting value’: folios 333v.

Towards the back of the volume is a small amount of correspondence respecting the distribution of Notes on the Middle East ; the Arab Bulletin was superseded by this publication. Copies of numbers 3-4 of this publication can also be found at the back of the volume.

Tables of content can be found at the front of each issue. A small amount of content is in French.

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1 volume (411 folios)
Arrangement

The Arab Bulletins are arranged in numerical order from the front to the back of the file. The Notes on the Middle East follow on from the bulletins at the back of the file in reverse numerical order.

The subject 759 (Arab Bulletins) consists of two volumes. IOR/L/PS/10/657-658.

Physical characteristics

Condition: the edges of some of the folios towards the back of the volume have suffered damage to their edges due to general wear and tear. The affected folios are 389-390, 407-409, and 412.

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 413; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The front cover and the leading flyleaf have not been foliated. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 357-363 and ff 374-412 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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